Safe to say the hotel is due for an upgrade. Not sound proof. No lift. I first booked through Hotels.com for 4 nights and extended for another 3 nights thinking I would save money from booking directly through the hotel but ended up paying more $50/night; higher than hotels.com rate. The first room was big, on the 3rd floor (no lift! Had to take stairs!), area rugs needs to be washed. Internet was very interrupted, not working for couple nights. I asked to be transferred on the lower floor, unfortunately the people above me had the heaviest stomped, woke me up at 130am and kept their noise for over an hour- my sleep was certainly disturbed. Breakfast was 150 TL, but pricey for what was served. The housekeeping was very nice. The guys at the reception was nice too but they need to stop taking control of the air conditioning. Very close to Taksim square and metro. Lots of restaurants around the area. Area is Ok-safe and could be cleaner.